In message , at 22:35:05 on
Mon, 22 Sep 2008, Don Aitken remarked:
It also has the gloriously vague "if you are from abroad". What does
this mean?? Is it a backhanded way of asking if you aren't a UK
citizen, or would a returning ex-pat also have to fill in that section?
Including ex-pats born overseas coming to the UK the first time. And the
"first time you came to UK", is that 'to live', or would a trip as a
tourist count. Oh what a tangled web.

The point at issue is whether you are registered with another GP, to
avoid paying two capitation fees for the same patient. Many people,
who haven't actually seen a doctor for years, are very vague about
whther they are registered, and if so where. "From abroad" helps to
exclude that possibility.

So that's a "yes" for returning ex-pats, I suppose.

And the answer to "when you first came to the UK", if born here - DoB I
suppose. I'm not sure I could find out what my address was that long
ago, though.

And being asked for an address strikes me as a very different thing
from being asked for *proof* of address.

One implies the other - unless GPs are a last bastion of
trust-the-applicant.
--
Roland Perry